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Effects of Exercise With or Without Blueberries on Cardiovascular Risk Markers

NCT01274078 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2012-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

About 32 healthy subjects are subjected to 4 weeks of exercise, 4 weeks of washout and 4 weeks of sedentary life style, randomization decides whether they start with exercise or with being "couch potatoes". All participants are also randomized to also consume 150 g of blueberries on exercise days or not. The exercise is constituted of 5 km running 5 days a week during the 4 week period. The exercise period and the "couch" period are started and ended with a 5 km run at maximal speed and the fasting blood samples for cardiovascular risk factors are measured before and after this run, ie 8 times in total.

Conditions

  • Risk Factors Cardiovascular Disease
  • Inflammation
  • Exercise
  • Sedentary Life

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Blueberries

150 grams of frozen blueberries on the same day as exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Linkoeping

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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